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West Victoria Street business owners discuss problems in the area during interviews with KTW. From left: Reid Hamer-Jackson and Cassie Hayes of Tru Market, Andre Giasson of Andre’s Tire World, Nina Johal and Mindy Sandhu of Stereo Warehouse and Sisters Sleep Gallery and Audra Domich of Audra’s Image and Wellness Day Spa.
Reid Hamer-Jackson, owner of Tru Market at 260 West Victoria St., hasn’t been sleeping and his wife is worried. Property crime keeps him up at night. Hamer-Jackson said he has spent “thousands and thousands” of dollars as a result of damage to and theft from his property. “The other night, I had 120 clips — 30-second clips — from 12:30 at night to 4:30 in the morning,” Hamer-Jackson said. “What happens is, it’s a motion thing. My camera goes off and it goes ‘beep, beep.’ It takes a 30-second clip, it goes to my phone. … I can’t sleep. I’m not just going to let them. They’ve already stolen enough money from me.”
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A week after Premier John Horgan unveiled steps toward the reopening of the province’s economy, many Kamloops business owners are left with more questions than answers. Horgan said shuttered B.C. businesses could reopen in phases, with the first big change expected to take place after the Victoria Day long weekend. Phase 2 of B.C.’s Restart Plan, as it’s being called, is expected to begin on May 19 and allow for the resumption of non-urgent health services, dentistry and physiotherapy, as well as the reopening of retail stores, restaurants, hair salons, in-person counselling, museums, offices and childcare — at 60 per cent of normal capacity and with physical-distancing or personal protective equipment measures in place. Arthur Dolmat, who owns Duffy’s Neighbourhood Pub, said it’s hard to plan a reopening with limited information. “We’re very happy we can reopen, but the thing is I’m still in the dark,” Dolmat told KTW. “When that phase comes that we can open, we need to know all the restrictions and know what is wanted of us.” Dolmat said he has come up with a few ideas on his own — installing a sink basin near the entrance so guests can wash their hands, making the menu available on smartphones and removing some tables and having guests book reservations online — but other steps will require materials that are hard to come by. “There are lots of ideas that keep brewing in our head, but we’re going to need gloves, masks, disinfectant, Lysol wipes — which are really hard to get,” he said. “There are so many questions. Right now, I can’t get gloves, wipes or proper masks.” Supplies are also a big question mark for B.C.’s salon industry — a business sector in which the service provided necessitates close personal contact. Chrissy Robinson, owner of Blowfish Hair Studio, said that issue is exacerbated by the fact B.C. lacks an apparatus to decide on measures and deliver information to salons. “We don’t have a governing body anymore,” she told KTW. “The government dissolved it over 10 years ago. That is part of what makes it harder. We are told to go to WorkSafeBC for guidance. We have been told several things about PPE, but nothing solid or direct as of right now.” Hair salons are expecting a surge in
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demand when they reopen, but Robinson said she is concerned her business may be overwhelmed. “I’m not worried about if we have enough clients,” she said. “I am worried about what our restrictions are. If we can’t get to work at our same capacity, but have an overwhelming list of people to get in, it’s going to take us a long time to fit everyone.” Robinson does not know how it will play out. “We will do our best, but it will be a different place than it was before with all the extra cleaning and disinfecting,” she said. “Also, if we need to spend a lot more money on PPE and cleaning supplies than normal, but aren’t allowed to work at our normal pace, then it will take a long time for the business to make money again. This is definitely something we will have to monitor closely. It is stressful.” The COVID-19 pandemic has been especially stressful for B.C.’s medical-related businesses — dentists, massage therapists, chiropractors and physiotherapists. Their clients have remained in need, but physical-distance guidelines have prevented all but urgent treatment. Robin Gill, owner of North Kamloops Physiotherapy, said his clinic will reopen on May 19 — the first day it’s allowed to welcome patients. Gill said he will follow guidelines issued
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Riverside Park looks different these days. Playground equipment usually bustling with children on a sunny day is taped off with yellow “caution” tape, shuttered to prevent possible spread of the novel coronavirus. Nearby, meanwhile, the city preps for a second emergency — flooding. On Monday, city staff began installing a one-kilometre long, military-grade barricade behind Rivers Trail in anticipation of a one in 20-year flood, which is expected to cause river levels to rise over the banks and into the green space. “If we didn’t put any protections in the park this year, our projections show water getting as far as Heritage House,” City of Kamloops utility services manager Greg Wightman told KTW. “The sewer lift station, the pickleball courts, the entire park would be under water.” The barricade consists of Hesco baskets. Made out of wire mesh and a burlap liner, the baskets are lined up and/or stacked and filled with dirt to create a wall, essentially an artificial riverbank. In the past, they have been used for military purposes and were last seen in Riverside Park in 2012. This year, the barricade will span 900 metres behind Rivers Trail, from Uji Garden to just past the washrooms at the east end of the park. Wightman explained the barricade will protect critical infrastructure. Though park
users may not realize when strolling along Rivers Trail, sewer infrastructure is hidden beneath the green space, with the odd manhole bearing signs of underground pipe. Wightman said gravity-fed sewer mains lead to a pump station behind the tennis and pickleball courts. “That’s one of our major sewer lift stations in town,” Wightman said. Everything that runs within this park, to service the concessions, washrooms, Heritage House, all that runs into that pump station. If the manholes that are throughout the park, in the ground, started to get water in them, it would start to overwhelm that pump station. It could certainly back things up for everybody east of the park.” Wightman said key to flood protection is deploying resources to protect critical infrastructure. In 2012, for example, the parking lot behind Sandman Centre flooded and is likely to happen again this year. It won’t be protected. “A parking lot is not a critical resource,” Wightman said. “We can’t use the province’s money or resources to protect that, so we allow that parking lot to flood. The pier, we’ll remove the railings here tomorrow. It’ll be under water this year. We are just protecting critical infrastructure.’ The province, through Emergency Management B.C., is funding the initiative, estimated by Wightman to be about a $200,000. Wightman said that the city is provided with information from the province daily,
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with information as of last week still predicting at least a one-in-20-year flood in Kamloops this spring, with projections as high as historical flooding dating back to 1972. As for park users, Wightman said: “There will be a major impact, for sure. Even right now, Rivers Trail west of the pier is shut down. It will remain that way.” On Tuesday, the pier was shut down and the beach will soon be off limits. With challenges, due to physical-distancing measures in place to curb spread of COVID-19, the city is prepping early. Wightman said another area where flood barricading could be set up this year is McArthur Island between Mackenzie Avenue and 12th Avenue, essentially at the two entrances. Mayor Ken Christian addressed the issue of flood preparations during a recent press conference. He told the media areas in town most vulnerable to flooding are around Schubert Drive and Riverside Park, a corridor with significant infrastructure. Asked about the city’s plans if people need to be evacuated due to flooding, Christian said the municipality has a number of civic facilities that could be utilized and, due to COVID-19, there are many hotels with vacancies, providing another option. “Hopefully our diking system will be [of a] good enough integrity that we wouldn’t have to utilize that kind of response,” Christian said.
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handwritten signs told customers about the temporary closure. “We have engaged structural engineers and teams to ascertain the current situation,” one sign read. “Due to structural concerns as a result of ground movement near our store, we are temporarily closing for the near future for the health and safety of our associates and customers,” read the other. It is believed the issue may be originating in adjacent Kenna Cartwright Park. The unexpected closure of The Home Depot comes at a
time when hardware stores have been especially busy given the number of people at home — either working or laid off — during the global COVID-19 pandemic. While being turned around by store staff, one shopper told KTW he was surprised to see the store closed. “We were just finishing a deck,” he said. “It’s too bad.” WorkSafeBC was on site at The Home Depot on Tuesday afternoon. The Home Depot had not responded to a request for comment as of KTW press time.
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The City of Kamloops has contracted Extreme Excavating Ltd. to replace the sanitary main on Tranquille Road between Southill St and 12th St. The work will also include pedestrian paths, landscaping, and intersection and boulevard improvements. The majority of the work will take place during the day from Monday to Friday, with the possibility of some weekend and night work. Anticipated hours of work will be from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm.
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he majestic brick beauty downtown remains an empty vessel, with next month marking four years since Stuart Wood elementary was closed by School District 73 in a decision mired in controversy. Once filled with kids learning amid its heritage halls and its schoolyard echoing with the sounds of childhood, the grand old dame has been silent since the summer of 2016, save for a brief wintertime interlude when Stuart Wood housed the homeless for a few months. Even today, there are calls from many to have the school re-opened for kids in the downtown area, which is without a regular (non-choice) school. The Stuart Wood property exists in a complicated ownership/usage arrangement. The property that sits between between St. Paul Street, Battle Street and Third Avenue was gifted to the city by the province more than a century ago. A reverter covenant placed on the property in 1906 mandates
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MUSINGS that if the property is not used for educational purposes, ownership goes back to the province. Further complicating matters is the fact the building’s heritage status precludes many upgrades needed to bring the school building into the modern age — hence the closure in June 2016. Meanwhile, since the property is a Crown asset, any decision on its future use must be done via consultation with the Tk’emlups te
Secwépemc First Nation since Stuart Wood does indeed sit on unceded Secwépemc territory. So, the city and province and Tk’emlups have, for the past four years, been discussing what will become of the choice piece of real estate downtown. While there has been talk of some kind of cultural centre encompassing the histories of Kamloops and Tk’emlups, nothing has yet been confirmed. The situation became more confusing earlier this year when city council rejected a bid from a day care to lease space in the empty building. That rejection vote happened before council received a letter from Tk’emlups, stating it was not opposed to the day care using the school. In February, Tk’emlups Chief Rosanne Casimir said band council consented to a proposal by Children’s Circle to lease a portion of Stuart Wood after legal advice determined granting temporary use of the building as a day care would not undermine the band’s underlying land rights.
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The convoluted, neverending Stuart Wood saga prompted KTW to file a Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy request, in which we asked for “correspondence between the city and the province and the city and Tk’emlups te Secwépemc regarding the Stuart Wood property.” Surely there would be plenty of back and forth letters and emails and notes to show the public where the discussions stand and, perhaps, why it is taking so long to put a valuable asset to good use. Alas, the response we received, as seen above, contained more black ink than an Amazon earnings statement during the pandemic. Our query elicited plenty of “From,” “To,” “Date” and “Subject” headers, but precious little else. We were deemed worthy enough to be privy to a story request from CFJC-TV reporter Adam Donnelly, along with a note that a Sponsor Crown Grant application had been submitted to the province. But as for correspondence dealing with the future of the Stuart Wood
property? Not for our eyes. The powers that be can use FOI legislation to make a case for excluding essentially anything requested. The response we received from the city, alongside the blackout above, said: “Under the legislation, we may withhold records or parts of records, where the disclosure of these records would be harmful to intergovernmental relations or negotiations. We’ve deemed this to be the case with these records, in particular we feel disclosure would be harmful to relations and ongoing confidential negotiations with Tk’emlups te Secwepemc.” It seems odd, really, considering there is no competition from a third party looking to get in on the deal. The only parties involved are the city, Tk’emlups and the provincial government, with the latter simply waiting for the other two to made a decision. Stuart Wood will become something, but that something will be decided upon, behind closed doors, by the City of Kamloops and Tk’emlups te Secwépemc. editor@kamloopsthisweek.com
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OPINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
BC PARKS NEED MORE FUNDING TAXPAYERS HAVE RIGHT TO KNOW OF TNRD SPENDING Editor: Excellent reporting by Jessica Wallace and excellent column by Christopher Foulds on the TNRD/departing CAO fiasco. It is absolutely right to assert that when taxpayer money is involved, a full accounting of how and why it was used should be available to those paying the bill. What could be so compelling that would cause the TNRD directors and board chair to band together and stonewall the press when trying to get answers on spending the public should be entitled to know? Could there be some sort of maleficence at one or all levels of the TNRD? By coincidence, I watched an HBO movie called Bad Education. Maybe have a look and think about how it might translate to the TNRD. By the way, according to the B.C. government website, regional districts are subject to the jurisdiction of bodies such as the ombudsperson, the information and privacy commissioner and the courts. I would be willing to put up a couple of hundred dollars to any individual or organization to start a GoFundMe page to cover the cost of Freedom of Information requests and go from there. Ken Barry Kamloops
Editor: In Robert Koopmans’ May 6 The Outdoor Narrative column (‘More to be lost than gained if provincial parks, rec sites stay closed,’), he called for provincial parks to be reopened to avoid overuse of accessible Crown land and other backwoods areas. And Koopmans got his wish, in part, as the B.C. government announced the opening of most parks for day use in time for the Victoria Day long weekend, though camping will not officially resume until June. I am also eager for parks to reopen, but I have concerns. More resources are required to keep our parks functioning safely. BC Parks needs staffing and resources to properly educate and manage visitors,
improve failing and dangerous infrastructure and ensure the land, water and wildlife within the parks are healthy. But BC Parks has been underfunded for decades and the current public health crisis has shone a light on the cracks in the system. In order for parks to operate safely, we must invest in them. Alongside more staff, parks need upgrades to facilities like bathrooms, campgrounds and trails and a long-term plan to maintain these upgrades going forward. The grassland areas around Kamloops and across the Southern Interior have especially sensitive — and threatened — ecosystems, so visitor management must be addressed. Opening parks and trusting people to “follow the rules” will not work.
Before the closure in April, parks in Kamloops and right across the province were seeing record numbers of visitors. I have never seen the Bachelor trail system in Lac du Bois as busy as it was in March and I was repeatedly forced off of trails and into sensitive habitat to avoid large groups travelling together. I stopped visiting the park even before the closure in April. The fact so many people are using parks, and that this has become such a hot button issue in recent weeks, shows how important they are to all of us. The only way to ensure all British Columbians can safely share the trails, and to protect nature at the same time, is to provide adequate funding to BC Parks. Sarah McNeil Kamloops
CAREMONGERING NETWORK THERE TO HELP Editor: Hey, Kamloops residents, we’ve got your back during this pandemic. If you are self-isolating and need help, you can access a network of care within your own neighbourhood. Caremongering Kamloops has built an impressive Neighbour 2 Neighbour (N2N) network of 250 volunteers in 17 neighbourhoods. The volunteers offer services to shut-ins, including running errands, pickups and deliveries, dog walking,
check-in phone calls and peer support for navigating online shopping or other websites. Additionally, Caremongering Kamloops is partnering with the Mt. Paul Community Food Center meals program to deliver free weekly meals to those who are self-isolating and in need of the service. Our Neighbour 2 Neighbour network aims to bring the community together to share resources and ultimately support each other during this crisis through fun
and inventive ways. We are here to help maintain a positive energy and seek a positive outcome as we work to the goal of slowing the curve and beyond when the crisis ends. So, if you need help in this time of self-isolation, contact Caremongering Kamloops through its website at kamloopscares.ca. If you don’t have internet access, phone the N2N request line at 778-696-2039 to speak with a volunteer who will take your request over the
phone.
Anne Neave member, N2N network Kamloops
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Nominate someone to win a flag We Canadians are a proud and patriotic people, and love to fly the colours of our nation with a Canadian flag. To commemorate Canada Day every year, I give away Canadian flags to constituents who have entered their names in our draw. The flags are a very in-demand item and people are always thrilled to receive them. This year, I would like to change the entry process up a little by asking people to nominate someone who has done an exceptional job in helping others during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those whose names are drawn will receive a volunteer service medal along with their flag.
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FLYING PROUD: This year’s Canada Day flag draw winners will also receive a volunteer service medal along with a large, high-quality Canadian flag.
If you know of a great Canadian from the Kamloops-ThompsonCariboo riding who has gone beyond the call of duty to help others during
this challenging time, please email my office (cathy.mcleod.c1@parl. gc.ca) or phone (250-8514991) with their name, phone number, address
and email (if known). The draw will happen on Friday, June 26, just in time for Canada Day, and I will contact the lucky winners.
These are challenging times on so many levels, with much of our normal routines and daily activities temporarily on hold. In an effort to help navigate it all, the federal government has launched Wellness Together Canada, an online resource offering
free mental health and wellness supports. There are self-guided “e-courses” on taking control of stress and mood; group chatrooms; tools for youth; addictions support; and one-on-one counselling available by text, video or phone (1-866-585-0445,
available 24 hours a day). We are all in this together! If you or someone you know is needing a little extra support right now, this is a resource worth checking out. *** Crisis Text Line: Text “WELLNESS” to 741741
Thank You
Today and everyday, we thank social workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis who support the most vulnerable members of our society. Together, we can get through this. Every year the Thompson Nicola Branch of the BC Association of Social Workers bestows the Heart of the Grasslands Award to a local social worker who has made exemplary contributions to our community.
This year we honour Katherine McParland, Executive Director of A Way Home Kamloops, for her dedication and commitment to ending youth homeless.
OPINION Thinking outside the big box
P
eople in Kamloops and throughout B.C. have done an outstanding job in flattening the COVID-19 curve and we deserve to celebrate coming together as one community. During these last few months, it has been extremely challenging for most of our local businesses. Many big-box retailers have thrived during this pandemic period, while the majority of small businesses have either being forced to close or modify how they operate, resulting in some major losses in revenue and employment throughout our city. We all know how important the larger employers in our community are to our local economy, including TRU, Interior Heath, School District 73, BCLC and Domtar. However, we rarely think about the largest and most substantial employment sector in Kamloops. Our small local businesses employ by far the largest share of the city’s workforce. At the provincial level, 74.8 per cent of all workers are employed in companies with fewer than 100 workers. Using this metric, small business would represent 38,850 jobs in Kamloops, which, based on 2016 government statistics, had a total labour force of 51,940. With B.C. preparing to reopen its economic sector via phase two of the plan after the Victoria Day long weekend, we need to be aware of how critical it is that we again come together as a community and support local businesses. Local retailers, especially restaurants and service providers, generate a larger multiplier effect because they are labour-intensive and, therefore, more of each dollar is recycled locally. The multiplier effect of shop-
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CITY HALL ping online with out-of-province mega-retailers is negligible. Buying remotely on the web creates minimal local benefit outside of delivery services. Most local businesses are now moving to online platforms and, by making them our first choice, our dollars will stay in Kamloops. All these options add up to a huge difference in creating local jobs and local wealth. I feel it is important to declare that I do have a personal bias toward local independent companies as I have owned numerous small businesses in Kamloops over the past 38 years. I believe unique, small, independent businesses are the heart and soul of all dynamic cities. Independent, locally owned companies provide our community with substantial, quantifiable economic benefits relative to their chain competitors — and especially online mega-retailers. Modest changes in purchasing habits can produce meaningful impacts for our community. By choosing local, independent businesses, you strengthen your local economy. Each dollar spent at independent retailers returns three times more money to our local economy than a dollar spent at a chain store and many times more
than a buck spent with an online, out-of-province mega-retailer. Each dollar spent at independent restaurants returns twice as much revenue than a dollar spent at a national chain. By choosing local, independent businesses, you help shape what makes Kamloops special, which is our character. These companies give our community its distinct personality. By choosing local, independent businesses, you get local expertise. Local stores enable you to try on and try out items before you buy, saving you time and money. The value proposition offered by independents is highly competitive, even without accounting for the enhanced service most provide. By choosing local and independent businesses, you enhance choices. A wide variety of independent companies creates greater overall choice for all of us. By choosing local, independent businesses, you pay lower taxes overall. Collectively, local businesses pay taxes here in Kamloops, something online mega-retailers don’t do. The greater the number of small businesses renting property and paying property taxes in Kamloops, the fewer taxes that need to be collected from residential property owners. By choosing local, independent businesses, you enhance local democracy. Local ownership of companies means those residents with roots in our community are more likely to be involved in key local decisions that shape our lives and environment. Stay healthy. Stay strong. Stay committed. Stay positive. And thank you for your commitment to our community. Denis Walsh is a city councillor who can be reached by email at dwalsh@kamloops.ca.
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Despite the fact the COVID-19 pandemic has led to cancellation of Grade 12 proms, a group of Kamloops photographers has banded together to ensure the Class of 2020 can still get the most out of their tuxedos and dresses. The Grad2020 photo shoot project began in late April and has grown into a contingent of 10 professional photographers who have helped some 50 students celebrate despite the pandemic. Graduates impacted by cancelled ceremonies can email a request to organize a photo shoot in their formal attire, either at home or on location, all while practising physical distancing. Shoots are done by donation, with 100 per cent of the proceeds going to support the BC Wildlife Park, which has been closed due to COVID-19. Parent Bonnie Scheller came up with the idea, wanting to be able to do something for her daughter who graduates this year. Taking inspiration from the Front Porch Project — in which family portraits are taken in front of people’s homes while photographers maintain a safe distance — Scheller reached out on the Kamloops Caremongering Facebook page and quickly amassed volunteers. “We think it’s pretty amazing that we can do this and offer it as something to get them excited about. We know everything will be delayed and we’ll be patient,” Scheller said. Scheller’s cousin, Gabby Valachy, became involved with the project early on. The university student was back home in Kamloops due to the pandemic when she heard about her cousin’s endeavour. “I said I’d love to help,” Valachy said, noting she feels bad for this year’s grads, knowing how special it is to celebrate those five years of high school with friends, all dressed up. “To miss out on that — it’s a bummer,” Valachy said. Angela Busenius, whose daughter is also a 2020 graduate, has been involved with the project from the start. Busenius, the lead photographer of the project, started with a photo shoot
for her daughter, Olivia, which spanned from the family’s front yard to Westsyde to Tranquille Creek. Olivia — who told KTW in a previous story on the lost grad year that she feels it a rite of passage to take part in commencements and prom after years of hard work and commitment — said she found the photo shoot to be refreshing and inspirational. “We have people that are trying to help the grads, that are trying to give us a special moment that we can look back on when we’re older,” Olivia said. Valachy said they have photographed grads from high schools across Kamloops and have also had requests from Thompson Rivers University graduates. Each client donates what they can and will receive five edited photos in their prom attire. No family will be turned down if cost is an issue. Grads can have photos with their dates as well, while adhering to physical-distancing guidelines. If they don’t have their own formal wear, they can use donated items, Valachy said. The Grad2020 project has raised nearly $3,000 to date for the BC Wildlife Park and continues to generate interest. Scheller said about 50 shoots have been completed and another 20 are in the queue. Valachy said the wildlife park was chosen due to its need for funding and the fact many 2020 graduates have grown up visiting the east Kamloops animal sanctuary. “We thought it’d be a great gift from the 2020 grads,” Valachy said. To book an appointment, email grad2020project@gmail.com. LIBRARY PAGE HOSTS GRAD PHOTOS The Thompson-Nicola Regional Library is honouring the Class of 2020 by inviting photo submissions of the grads to its Facebook page. The TNRL is also creating a space for old yearbook graduation photos to be posted. Entries can be posted, or emailed to questions@tnrd.ca, until May 15. The Class of 2020 will be featured in a special album on May 15 on the new TNRL blog at tnrlblog.ca. Grad Cheann Somogyi poses for a shot during the Grad2020 photo shoot project. ANGELA BUSENIUS PHOTO
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Graduation ceremonies will look a little different for the Class of 2020. The KamloopsThompson school district is recommending an alternative for its 14 graduation events due to ongoing physicaldistancing measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. In lieu of the traditional ceremony in which Grade 12 students receive their diplomas in front of crowds of family and friends, schools are being advised to hold staggered, scheduled celebrations with each graduate. Dressed in cap and gown, students will attend their respective schools to receive a Dogwood diploma in the company of immediate household family members. The individual ceremonies will be filmed and edited to produce a video for each school of its graduates, along with
pre-recorded speeches from valedictorians, school trustee representatives and Supt. Alison Sidow. The finished product will be available for all family members to access online. School district assistant superintendent Bill Hamblett said it could take days to complete the individual ceremonies at some larger schools, noting each meeting will involve participants adhering to physicaldistancing rules. Hamblett told KTW the district hopes to have videos of the ceremonies completed by the end of June. The school district compiled two other possible scenarios ahead of the province unveiling its four-phased plan for easing restrictions — postponing graduation ceremonies until August or September if public health measures intensify or proceeding with traditional June commencements later in the month if restrictions were lifted significantly or removed.
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There won’t be any changes to the current remote learning model for at least two weeks as School District 73 plans to use the time to prepare for a return to school. At the request of the Ministry of Education, SD73 is planning to reintroduce in-person classes on a voluntary, part-time basis, beginning with kindergarten to Grade 5 students and students of essentialservice workers, as B.C. begins easing distancing measures amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Parents will have a choice of either having their child continue with online education or having them return to small class groups at school. In an update to trustees at Monday’s school board meeting, SD73 Supt. Alison Sidow said the district’s return date is unknown as they await that announcement from the education ministry. Sidow told trustees staff will be back in schools, planning for the return of students next week. Through May 15, school principals are reaching out to parents to determine the expected number of students who will be returning to school, assistant superintendent Trish Smillie said. The district is also is taking this time to ensure appropriate health and safety guidelines and increased cleaning protocols are in place, and are awaiting some guidance form the province, Smillie said. Sidow said the provincial health officer’s guidelines for schools will be assessed against SD73’s own and best practices used.
But with B.C’s plan now unveiled, neither of those scenarios appear likely. The province will not allow gatherings of more than 50 people until there is a vaccine for COVID19 or widespread herd immunity — and a vaccine, if one can be developed, is still likely at least a year away. “For those graduating in 2020 and will not be having a ceremony, I
regret that very much,” Premier John Horgan said. “I hope that there will be ways that we can mark this milestone in the days ahead and maybe next year we can have that party that you deserve after completing your Grade 12 education.” Individual grad ceremonies across the district are scheduled to take place in late May and early June.
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Bitz said the COS is investigating. Kamloops conservation officer Graydon Bruce had told KTW the agency intended to release the animal in the Lac Du Bois grasslands area. Bitz initially discovered the hole in her yard on the weekend and assumed either a mole or marmot dug it. She filled in the hole, but the badger re-appeared, leading to her coming face-toface with the animal on May 4. Fewer than 350 badgers are believed to still live in the province, according to the conservation group Badgers in BC. Badgers are members of the weasel family and considered an at-risk animal in B.C., according to the Ministry of Environment. They tend to live primarily in deepsoiled grassland, shrubsteppe and open stands of ponderosa pine or Douglas fir and can be found in the southwestern B.C., including the Kamloops area.
Flight school to grow A new hangar and expanded flight school are slated for construction at Kamloops Airport, following a development permit issued by city counci. The property, located at 3073 Airport Rd. west of the airport terminal, is home to the Canadian Flight Centre, a flight school that has trained both recreational and professional pilots for 40 years in Kamloops. Planned is a twostorey building, with a ground-level aircraft hangar to hold aircraft. An existing building on the property housing the flight school will remain, with services expanded into the new building. Design of the new building will look unique, with a sloped roof.
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ries as time passed. The fantasy was broken. They heard their mother calling. Ruby waved goodbye. “We’ll see you tomorrow!” Jack giggled before taking his twin’s hand and walking away. (The next part was written by Annabella Kidd, who is in Grade 7.) As Jack and Ruby headed on their way home, they both heard branches snapping behind them. “Did you hear that?” Jack asked Ruby. “Yes,” Ruby replied, thinking of the worst. The two started to walk faster until they finally made it home. They walked into the house, looking for their mom, who called them just minutes earlier. Ruby had a very uncomfortable feeling in the pit of her stomach when, all of a sudden, the twins heard the glass shatter from an upstairs window. “RUNNN!!!!” Jack shouted. Ruby and Jack made a run for the door sprinting away from the house without turning back. Somehow, they found themselves face to face with the coyote and skunk once again.
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(The next part was written by Benjamin Johnson, who is in Grade 6.) They realized they were back at the fox and the skunk and they slowed their sprint to a jog, then to a walk. After about three seconds of animals following them, they both yelled, “You guys did it, didn’t you? You probably got some burglars to follow you to our home!” The animals gave them that wicked smile that always read, “Yes, you got me, but you won’t be
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Hamer-Jackson has scoured pawn shops searching for merchandise stolen from his shop. One set of batteries has been stolen multiple times, tracked down by him multiple times and repurchased by him multiple times. His insurance fees are so high he foots the bill when someone kicks in the door of his business. At one point, someone stole a vehicle off his lot, but Hamer-Jackson managed to track it down in another community. He watches over his neighbour’s property, where fires have been popping up, and worries
for their safety, in addition to that of his staff. “I can’t leave her alone here,” he said. • Andre Giasson, owner of Andre’s Tire World at 341 West Victoria St., has been pushed to the limits of his patience and compassion. After 25 years of business in the area, Giasson said the “nightmares” have become so bad that he has taken matters into his own hands. Two years ago, someone tragically overdosed behind his building and died. Since then, the situation has not improved and Giasson’s frustration shows. On one occasion, he resorted to throwing personal belongings left
on his property into the garbage. “Not only were they living there, they were crapping there and everything,” Giasson said. “Christ. It was just like a zoo in there. They’ve got paper, garbage, everything. You should see the back. We went in there, I took two, three of my guys, we cleaned everything up, we put it all in big garbage bags. We cleaned the whole thing up. I have tons of graffiti at the back of my building. I have to repaint my whole building.” • Mindy Sandhu and Nina Johal, co-owners of Stereo Warehouse and Sister Sleep Gallery at 198 West Victoria St., are con-
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cerned about safety. Their customers have found improperly discarded needles and syringes on the sidewalk. Drugs have been discovered hidden beneath landscape fabric in front of their business. Fires have been lit outside their building on multiple occasions, including near the gas meter. On one occasion, somebody walked into the store and exposed their privates to one of the owners, who was working alone, and a customer. “Without a word of a lie — I don’t have a picture of this because I don’t have a cellphone — his pants are right to his knees and he doesn’t have underwear,” Johal said. “Now, I can see his ass. The girl, that’s my customer, I said, ‘I’m sorry I’m exposing you to this.’ She said, ‘No, it’s not your fault.’ She goes,
‘I think you should go get some help.’ She said, ‘I’m OK, I’ll wait.’ “He still continues wandering around in the store. His pants came down again, still walking almost naked … I didn’t feel safe.” Before the pandemic, Sandhu went to hospital due to stress from problems in the area. She has done business there for 40 years. “This is not just work, this is our home,” she said. “Imagine somebody walking through your front door because it’s open.” • Audra Domich, owner of Audra’s Image and Wellness Day Spa at 280 West Victoria St., has upgraded her surveillance system three times, but it doesn’t help. On one occasion, she was at lunch at a restaurant when she received video notification on her
phone of a man sitting near her business, trimming his toenails. “I’m like, whatever, he’s trimming his toenails. He’ll leave in a minute, no worries,” Domich said. She received another video notification on her phone, one that showed a woman arrive and begin performing fellatio on the man. “So I say, ‘Get the f— out of here.’ It’s two o’clock in the afternoon, I’m having lunch at Milestones. ‘Get the f— out of here!’ And she didn’t stop. And he said, ‘Just a minute.’” The man then paid the woman with a plastic baggie and she left. “He did up his pants, he sat back down and kept trimming his toenails,” Domich said. She said people walk into her spa to take candy on the counter while she
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Asked last week at city council about the problems businesses are facing on West Victoria Street, city protective services director Byron McCorkell pointed to the pandemic. He said with courts not functioning, criminals are released back into the community with conditions, rather than going to jail. In addition, McCorkell said, street people who previously relied on panhandling have lost that source of income, due to COVID19. Those two issues are among myriad concerns right now, he said, noting
RCMP and bylaws are “working hard” and outreach staff are walking the streets. Specifically to West Victoria, McCorkell said a committee of groups, including the Canadian Mental Health Association, is working with businesses and good neighbour agreements are in place with housing providers. The West Victoria Street corridor is home to not only many longtime businesses, but increasingly more social supports, including on one end a storage facility for the homeless, along with the Mustard Seed Kamloops — offering drop-in meals, dental services and more — Rosethorn House permanent supportive housing
Read a longer version of this story online at kamloops thisweek.com and the Emerald Centre shelter. Another kilometre west, on Mission Flats Road, is Mission Flats Manor social housing. The latest addition — Rosethorn House, operated by the Canadian Mental Health Association — opened in January. The CMHA also operates the Emerald Centre, next door, which is essentially ground zero for the city’s street people, as it is where people are assessed and placed in the applicable stream
to get help. McCorkell told council the Mustard Seed and the CMHA are cleaning up the area daily, while bylaws and RCMP patrol. Mayor Ken Christian said the city’s police and bylaws cannot be everywhere and businesses need to be cognizant of that. He advised use of security systems and not leaving out items vulnerable to theft. The response, however, is tough to swallow for business owners, who were grappling with issues well before the pandemic began. KTW interviewed West Victoria Street businesses in early March
— before the pandemic upended society — and has learned the pandemic has compounded the situation. “We’re still facing the same issues,” Nina Johal said. “We’re still facing the same challenges, personal safety. We still have graffiti on our building. “We have all the issues, now amplified, but you don’t really have anybody doing anything about it because they’re all saying, ‘We’ve got COVID-19 now, so nothing else is going to be done.’ That’s where we’re at.” Coun. Bill Sarai said business owners have followed city advice — purchasing security cameras and reporting crime
— without improvements and are still afraid to go to work. He said issues have occurred on Tranquille Road and in Valleyview in the past, arguing the city should do more to help, such as increasing the presence of bylaws officers, who don’t work through the night. “Crime doesn’t stop at seven o’clock at night and everybody closes their businesses and goes home, wants to spend time with their family,” Sarai said. “They don’t want to be worried about what’s going on with their businesses throughout the city and what they’re going to come to the next
morning. Somewhere along the line, we have to change with the times and maybe bylaws has to be 24-seven, an eighthour shift, three shifts a day.” Speaking with KTW, McCorkell encouraged businesses to protect their properties using environmental design principles or by hiring security, similar to security outside of the TNRD Building at night. McCorkell said such problems are not unique to West Victoria Street, but noted the area is in the spotlight because of its newest social housing facility — Rosethorn. See BELEAGURED, A29
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Dig It: The future of pandemic archeology This image was drawn by a French missionary of Abenaki in Maine during a smallpox epidemic in 1740.
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rcheology is not just about the stones, the bones, the features on the landscape and the really cool things found along the way that allow us to interpret past human behaviours. It is also very much about the current cultural context within which we are working. For a professional consulting archeologist in B.C., where the cultural context is almost exclusively Indigenous, every day we are working with or for First Nation communities across the province. Perhaps some of my most favourite and influential moments in the field have come while sharing information with elders and knowledge keepers at an excavation or a study area, presenting our findings and exchanging thoughts and ideas about cultural activities or events that may have taken place at a location during a particular time in the past. These exchanges are often the most rewarding in terms of learning about a particular site or study area, but also in terms of the broader cultural context within which I am working. With the current COVID-19 pandemic unfolding before us and nearly two months of strict physical-distancing requirements in place, there has been perhaps too much time avail-
able to consider the history of past pandemics. Canadians have experienced only one pandemic — the Spanish Flu of 1918 to 1920 that killed tens of millions across the globe. First Nations, on the other hand, have had the misfortune to experience many more deadly outbreaks, perhaps the most devastating being the smallpox epidemics that wiped out entire villages and nearly entire cultures across B.C. The impacts of smallpox
still resonate with First Nation communities today. For example, on more than one occasion when touring an elder around an excavation site, I would offer an arrowhead or some other interesting artifact for them to see and the elders would refuse to touch it or even come close for fear the object may still be carrying diseases such as smallpox. The threat of contracting the smallpox virus that killed so many of their ancestors was still real for these elders — and that
surprised me at the time. Regardless of whether this belief was scientifically sound — it is, just extremely unlikely in southern B.C. — the fact that a very serious and horrible epidemic that swept across First Nation communities 200 years earlier continues to impact and influence people’s behaviour is very significant. From an archeological perspective, this moment in our collective history will leave a distinct and obvious footprint on the
planet. Future archeologists will be able to pinpoint the exact moment in time when COVID-19 changed our culture, based on discrete layers in landfills with increased occurrences of latex gloves, facemasks and other personal protective equipment necessary to protect workers and use this evidence to place their excavations in space and time much like we do today. Material remains aside, the question remains: To what degree will this crisis impact the behaviours of the current and future generations? While the impacts of COVID19 are not currently on the same scale as past epidemics and we are not likely to experience the overwhelming population loss that led to significant changes in First Nation communities, it represents a once-in-a-hundred-year event that requires our full attention and co-ordination to tackle for the good of all. Ryan Dickie is an archeologist with the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc natural resources department. Interested in more? Go online to republicofarchaeology.ca. Dig It is KTW’s regularly published column on the history beneath our feet in the Kamloops region. A group of archeologists working in the area contribute columns to KTW’s print edition and online at kamloopsthisweek.com.
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FOOD BANK GETS BOOST FROM STOLLERY: Bernadette Siracky, executive director of Kamloops Food Bak (left), receives a cheque for $13,094 on behalf of the Stollery Foundation through BC Interior Community Foundation past-president Hugh Fallis and executive director Robert Miller.
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Share It Forward with Save-On VARIOUS DATES The COVID-19 pandemic has led to cancellation of myriad events, some of which have pivoted to become online happenings. • MS Walk The annual fundraiser for research in to multiple sclerosis will take place online on Sunday, May 24. Instead of a crowd gathering to walk in Riverside Park, participants will be walking on their own and raising money for the cause. For more information and to register, go online to https://secure3.convio.net/mssoc/site/ SPageServer/?pagename=walk_homepage&s_ locale=en_CA. • Walk for Alzheimer’s The event will take place online on Sunday, May 31, at 9 a.m. and can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection. Participants will be able to stream the walk live, while joining in the fun from their living room, backyard or balcony. Money raised will help fund programs and services to support people living with dementia in Kamloops. To register, go online to walkforalzheimers.ca. • Kamloops Kidney Walk The event had been scheduled for Sept. 20 at McDonald Park. Instead, it will take place on Sunday, June 7, via a virtual walk. The virtual walks are being called Walk The Block. More information is available online at kidneywalk.ca. • Gur Singh Memorial Golf Tournament The annual Gur Singh Memorial Golf Tournament will continue this year — but, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sept. 11 fundraiser will see participants driving, chipping and putting on a virtual golf course. The Kamloops Brain Injury Association has been running the tourney, which raises money for the organization, for 17 years and has found an online platform on which golfers can take part in a virtual golf tournament and support the cause. The online platform and tournament details will be released later. In the meantime, an online raffle is at kbia.ca.
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Cruising Europe’s cultural capital: Graz, Austria Graz, Austria, is one of Europe’s greatest centres of art and intellect, with historical sites dating from the Gothic, Renaissance, baroque and classical periods. The combination of city sophistication and country-style openess make Graz a remarkable place to visit.
Editor’s note to KTW readers: As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the globe and has placed travel on hold indefinitely, there will come a time when we emerge from this crisis and travel once again. Kamloops This Week will continue to publish weekly Travel columns, as we see them as a way for readers to escape the daily stress of pandemic coverage. Enjoy some virtual vacations via kamloopsthisweek.com.
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he city of Graz and its citizens having always lived in the shadow of its more famous and glamorous cousin to the north. Graz, Austria, is a mere 120 kilometres south of Vienna. Much like the sister of a beautiful film star, her virtues are usually overlooked, her physical assets are skipped over and, while her charm is acknowledged, it is seldom scrutinized. Yet, here is one of the crown jewels of Europe — fresh and casual in the way it approaches its history and culture, a place that proudly embraces both its arts and its farming traditions. In fact, just 49 kilometres away is the stud farm of the Lipizzaner horses of the Vienna Riding School. Graz is one of Europe’s great centres of art and intellect, with historical sites dating from the Gothic, Renaissance, baroque and classical periods. The second-largest city in Austria (439,236 residents as of 2018), it has one of great opera houses of Europe, with 1,200 seats and a rococo interior in red, white and gold. Unlike in Vienna, you won’t find great names whose ghosts haunt the living at every creative turn. Rather, Graz merges its past with the present without mortgaging today for yesterday. Its most famous alumnus is actor/ politician Arnold Schwarzenegger — not as glorious, perhaps, as having Mozart or Beethoven as your cultural core, but locals don’t particularly care. The character of Graz’s old town is special. A great part of it is preserved in its original state — narrow streets, no automo-
bile traffic — and it’s the largest “old town” in Europe that is still lived in. Resting along the River Mur, what’s left of its walls may today be a tourist attraction, but at one time were responsible for keeping the advancing Turks at bay in the late 17th century. Graz was once an important crossroads between east and west. If you drive south for 53 kilometres, you reach Slovenia, in what used to be Yugoslavia.
And 130 kilometres southeast from the old town will bring you to the Hungarian border. The name is rooted in the Slavic word “gradec,” meaning “little castle,” referring to the fortification that tops the Schlossberg, (the hill that is the city’s high point). It’s from this vantage point you can get the best view of the city. If you’re a fitness buff, walk the 400switch-backed steps that rise from the base
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elcome to the weekly Kamloops Art Page. With the COVID-19 pandemic upending society — socially and economically and dominating news for the foreseeable future — we understand pandemic fatigue can set in for even the most ardent follower of current events. While continuing to cover all pandemic and non-pandemic-related news, KTW has also worked hard at featuring positive stories from the crisis, tales that capture the essence of humanity, be it volunteers sewing thousands of masks for health-care workers or musicians offering up weekly free concerts online. This page is an attempt by KTW to bring some colour into the lives of our readers via artwork created locally. We hope to, on a weekly basis, use this page to showcase works by various Kamloops artists, with between one and three pieces displayed. Thanks for reading Kamloops This Week and we hope this page can help ease the stress of this uncertain era in which we are living. Email editor@kamloopsthisweek.com if you have any questions or suggestions relating to this page.
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WINTER IN BANFF, BY RASIQ DEWAN PACIFIC WAY ELEMENTARY, GRADE 7 “This piece is a depiction of Banff National Park during the winter time. I used a combination of watercolour, acrylic paint, and white gel pen to create this piece. In 2013, my grandparents came to Canada for the first time, and pictures of our trip really inspired me to do this artwork. This piece is nearand-dear to my heart because they have never been able to come back ever since.“
TEAL ROOT GERARD, BY EL BETHELL ABERDEEN ELEMENTARY, GRADE 7 “Making art is calming. I like to create art while blasting good songs and letting my ideas flow. I used artist loft pencil crayons, my mix media sketchbook, acrylic paint and my pencil/eraser. My inspiration for this piece was my favourite band, My Chemical Romance. The piece didn’t go as expected. I messed up the mouth, but it adds a bit of artist interpretation to it. I am happy with the outcome.”
DALMATION IN THE DARK, KIARA WEST MARION SCHILLING ELEMENTARY, GRADE 6 “I chose to do this Dalmatian because my old friend had this loving dog named spots and he was an amazing dog loyal, charming, and sweet. The reason why I chose to name this piece Dalmatian in the dark is because, well I did the fur a little too dark. “
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“We’re trying to get people into a shelter, into a productive life, yet they are targeted by those that want to bring them back to the drug culture,” McCorkell said. “You’ve got the criminal element hanging around trying to attract them or provide them with things and so they are having to deal with that, too.” Business owners have more ideas. For one, they want the city to come up with a permanent solu-
tion for its fence behind their property. The fence — which is all that separates foot traffic on West Victoria Street from accessing the multi-use pathway connecting to Overlanders Bridge, the Thompson River and Riverside Park — is constantly vandalized, providing a shortcut through the businesses’ property to access North Kamloops, the riverbanks or the downtown park. KTW has heard the fence is cut frequently and businesses have to repeatedly call the city to fix
it, thereby preventing access and incentive for people to come onto their properties. Secondly, the businesses want outreach more often and later in the day, noting problems occur outside regular business hours, similar to Sarai’s point about bylaws. Thirdly, they want BC Housing and/or CMHA to pay to secure the properties they manage. After speaking with KTW on Friday, McCorkell said he had a good meeting with a business owner and noted the city will be trying some new measures this
week, including graffiti clean up through the corridor, daily fence inspections and patrols. CMHA Kamloops manager of operations Alfred Achoba, meanwhile, said security is not being considered at this time. He noted foot patrols already occur in the area. The latest shift, however, is at about 7 p.m. — much earlier than problems reported by businesses. To that, Achoba said Rosethorn House has someone on-call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, noting if business owners are expe-
We already know Kamloops is a kind place – and with the COVID-19 crisis, there are more opportunities than ever to celebrate that. That’s what our new Kindloops program, presented by Valley First, a division of First West Credit Union, is all about. We’re going to celebrate all the acts of kindness Kamloopsians are doing for each other right now. All you have to do to participate is give the name of a local individual who’s done something kind for someone else in Kamloops. We’re going to publish those submissions in Kamloops This Week every week for the next
riencing nuisance behaviour after hours, he encouraged them to call. Still, that requires business owners to respond to situations in the middle of the night, leaving them to fend for themselves and continue to respond without help. Ultimately, Achoba said increased services will do more to improve the situation. Businesses, meanwhile, continue to wait for those services to arrive. “It starts from the top down,” Mindy Sandhu said. “Not from the bottom top.”
12 weeks, and pick one random submission each week. The person who performed that act of kindness and the person who nominated them will each get a $25 gift certificate to a local restaurant. Then, when the COVID-19 crisis lifts, we’re going to put all the entries together into a special commemorative edition, celebrating all the acts of kindness that have been nominated, and pick one random entry. The person who performed that act and the person who nominated them will each win a prize of $500 worth of gift certificates to local restaurants!
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THIS WEEK’S KINDLOOPS STORIES: ASHLEY SHANNIK: My sister Val Shannik is a teacher at Brock Middle School. She is spear heading a clothing drive to help support Brock families that were struggling before Covid-19 no less now with many of them losing their jobs do to this pandemic. She personally has been driving around all over the city collecting donations from everyone willing to donate. Not only is she organizing, collecting and cleaning all the donation to get them ready for the families that desperately need them but she has been busy cooking special goodies to add to the lunch program and starfish program to help feed struggling Brock students. She goes out of her way to make sure her students are fed even spending 100s of dollars of her own money on food items to make sure her students don’t go to bed hungry. She personally delivers the food packages to families that can’t make it to the school to pick them up each day/ week to support her students during this difficult time when their parents can’t.
CAROL HANSEN: When we returned from Arizona in late March, we went into self-quarantine for two weeks. Our fridge and freezer had been emptied and turned off and we had very little on the pantry shelves. Our friend, Betsy Dabner, offered to do some grocery shopping for us, which she did. We had enough basic groceries for meals through the two weeks. Also, Betsy has been a part of the Sew the Curve group which is sewing face masks for places such as seniors’ care homes, etc. She has also given them to family members and friends. So, I would like to recognise her kindness during this difficult time.
JOY CONRAD-RICE: My friend and tennis buddy sewed us two cloth masks for use when we go shopping. One had light blue stripes and the other a rosy floral pattern. She made one extra large because the male in the household has a big head and a beard. She put a velcro connector in the back to avoid having elastic irritate the skin behind our ears. She refused to take any money from us, saying “glad to be of help.” Her name is Jan Newlove.
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reached, the people rose and stood with bowed heads. It was noticed that the queen was deeply moved. Her lip quivered, her eyes filled with tears and her body trembled until they came to that burst of melody: “King of kings and Lord of lords.” Then, in spite of royal etiquette, the young queen stood up and, with bowed head, remained standing until the music ceased. A nobler, queenlier thing she never did. Another story comes from the Queen’s later days. One day, Dean Farrar, her chaplain, was visiting her when she was ill. Victoria had been reading a pamphlet or book about the second coming of the Lord. Turning to the chaplain, she asked, “Chaplain, what do you think about the second coming of the Lord?” We do not know his reply, but as he left, Farrar said, “Your majesty, why have you asked me that question?” “Oh,” she replied. “I wish He would come while I am alive, for nothing would give me more pleasure than with my own hands to give Him the crown of Great Britain and India!” In her young womanhood, with life before her, Victoria crowned Jesus King of kings and Lord of lords; and now in her old age, with grey hair and many cares that she had borne, she wanted to give Him every crown that God had given her. This old earth of ours has seen many remarkable coronation scenes. Before the revolution in Russia, when a czar died and a new czar came into succession, the custom was that the officials, the titled folk, the
military men and the leaders would meet in the Kremlin Church in Moscow. As the crown of the czar rested upon the head of the incoming czar, they would all stand in their brilliant apparel and, flashing their swords in the air, they would cry out joyously and loudly, “The czar! The white czar! Who is comparable to our czar?” Many years ago, a company of kings and princes and generals met in that famous hall in Versailles, France. They spent four days conferring. Then a wondrous scene took place as these kings and princes and generals picked a man — William, King of Prussia. They put him upon the elevated platform and stood around him. They flashed their swords in the air, took the crowns from their heads and cried out, “All hail to William, the first emperor of the new united German Empire.” Sixty-odd-million people took up the cry. Back and forth it rang: “All hail to William, the first emperor of the new united German Empire.” It was a wonderful scene. But these coronations, famous as they have been, pale in comparison with the day that is coming, the crowning day of the King of kings, when “There shall be upon the head of Jesus many diadems.” That crowning day is coming soon. It’s nearer now than when we first believed in Him. Hence the hymn writer rightfully composing: “Our Lord is now rejected, And by the world disowned, By the many still neglected, And by the few enthroned: But soon He’ll come in glory! The hour is drawing nigh, For the crowning day is coming by and by.” Narayan Mitra is a volunteer chaplain at Thompson Rivers University. He can be contacted by email at ryanmitra225@ gmail.com. KTW welcomes submissions to its Faith page. Columns should be between 600 and 800 words in length and can be emailed to editor@ kamloopsthisweek. com. Please include a very short bio and a photo.
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amloops Minor Baseball Association president Chris Balison offered insight on the uncertainty faced by minor sports associations across the province, organizations scrambling to get a handle on return-to-play protocol. Perhaps chief among Balison’s concerns — a huge stumbling block for sports across the province, he said — is liability and insurance. “Right now, we’re hearing we won’t be covered for any pandemic-, infectious-disease or COVIDrelated claims,” said Balison, a Crown prosecutor by trade. BC Minor Baseball and Baseball BC obtain insurance through Markel Canada Limited, which on March 18 released a contagion-exclusion policy through its broker, SBC Insurance Agencies Ltd., on all renewals and new business, effective that day. “They ensure the majority of sports across the province at the provincial level and that filters down to the local level,” Balison said. “This appears to be something provincewide and each sport is having to work through it. “Until we get marching orders from the Ministry of Health about those protocols and told we’re insured, as long as we implement them, it’s going to be very difficult to offer programming.” On March 23, BC Soccer stated on its website that it was disappointed to relay the news from Markel and included a link to the company’s contagion-exclusion endorsement. Biathloncanada.ca also posted the document. Balison said BC Minor Baseball may purchase additional insurance, but added he had not heard a status update from the governing body as
ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW FILE Dog days on the diamond, such as this one last June at the Kamloops Minor Baseball Association Jamboree, may not be seen this summer if insurance and liability questions remain unanswered. KMBA president Chris Balison said local associations across the province, in most sports, are facing similar dilemmas.
of Tuesday morning. “Until someone can tell us our volunteers, board of directors and our kids are going to be protected because of the protocols in place, and insured, it’s going to be very difficult to get back out on the field and offer programming,” Balison said. Last week, Premier John Horgan unveiled the phased-in plan to restart the economy, but offered little in terms of concrete protocol for resuming minor sports and adult recreational sports this summer. Horgan mentioned youth baseball during the press conference, saying local games could potentially resume in Phase 2 of the restart, pegged to begin following the Victoria Day long weekend. Phase 1 of the restart is the current situation, including online education and child care for essential workers. “We’ll see what local organizations come up with and what par-
ents do by showing up with their kids,” Horgan said. Meanwhile, Balison and others in similar positions in minor sports are awaiting cues from authorities. “What’s happening right now is provincial sports organizations like baseball, soccer, softball and field hockey are grouped together and working with Sport BC, viaSport and the Ministry of Heath, to come up with return-to-play protocol,” Balison said. “They will meet in May to tell us local associations what we’re allowed to do. Until we know what protocols are going to come down from the government, we don’t know what type of programming we can offer on the field.” Balison said the process remains murky. “We’d like to be told what safeguards, mechanisms and protocols we have to have in place to operate,” Balison said. “That’s really going to dictate the type
of programming we can have. Cleaning, sanitizing, distancing and enforcing distancing is going to be pretty expensive and labourintensive.” The ship has sailed on a spring season, Balison said, but camps and clinics in the late summer and early fall are possible and could incorporate some sort of local play if protocols allow. “I know the planning on the provincial sports side is just starting this month,” Balison said. “It’s going to take some time to develop. I don’t think we’re going to see baseball practice two weeks out. We’re a little bit longer in terms of a timeline. We’ve been told at local level that we’re not going to expect any competition. This return to sport that Sport BC wants to roll out is controlled training and low-contact practising. Game play is pretty far out.” The KMBA did not cancel its high-performance Kamloops RiverDogs’ programming in
March when the local spring season was scuttled, holding out hope some sort of abbreviated campaign could take place. “We’re still waiting on those protocols, but when you hear the premier and Dr. [Bonnie] Henry talking about limiting nonessential travel and staying within your community, that pretty much closes the door on any travel-related sport this summer,” Balison said. Balison cautioned not all families will be interested in signing up kids for sports if restrictions are relaxed or lifted. “There is going to be a lot of factors — parents deciding not to take a risk this year and bring their kid to sport and the other aspect is the financial piece of it,” Balison said. “High-performance sport and sport in general does cost money and may not be a top priority for families who have been affected financially over the last couple of weeks.”
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BLAZERS SCHOLASTIC TEAM OF YEAR The Kamloops Blazers were on Monday awarded the Jim Donlevy Memorial Trophy, handed to the WHL’s scholastic team of the year. This year, eight players completed 33 core courses at Valleyview secondary, with an average of 90.8 per cent, and 49 overall courses, with an average of 93.6 per cent. In the past 17 years, the Blazers have maintained a 100 per cent high-school graduation rate, according to a WHL press release. Four Blazers also enrolled in courses at Thompson Rivers University, with the group average exceeding 73 per cent. Four Blazers were enrolled in online university courses at Athabasca University. Blazers’ netminder Dylan Garand is nominated for the
Matt Bardsley was nominated for the Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy, handed to the WHL’s executive of the year. Peter Anholt of the Lethbridge Hurricanes, the Eastern Conference nominee, won the award.
ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW FILE Kamloops Blazers’ education consultant Vic Bifano (left) hands forward Ryley Appelt the club’s Education Award in March of 2018.
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HAMMELL SIGNS The Blazers have signed their first-round pick in the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft, defenceman Kaden Hammell of Langley. Hammell, drafted 19th overall, played last season for West Vancouver Bantam Prep in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League, recording 12 goals and 41 points in 29 games. The right-shot blue liner stands six feet tall and weighs 170 pounds.
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Don Moores likened predicting hockey’s return date to shovelling fog. “There is just so much up in the air and no one really knows what to do,” said Moores, president of the Kamloops Blazers. Moores watched Premier John Horgan’s press conference last week, when he unveiled the plan to restart B.C.’s economy. Fan-attended Western Hockey League games seem to fall into the phase 4 category, meaning they are prohibited unless wide vaccination, community immunity or broad successful treatments are found in response to the novel coronavirus.
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“I don’t think anyone was surprised to see that,” Moores said. “As a league, we’re strategizing as far as having a plan to take to the government to say this is what we can do, this is our motto and what we think will work under the guidelines you’ve given us.” Moores said the WHL will work in conjunction with Hockey Canada to seek those guidelines and develop
return-to-play protocols. Playing in empty arenas is among options the CHL may consider. Would that be feasible financially for the Blazers? “We’re ticketdriven,” Moores said. “There’s no question of that. But I don’t think we’re thinking of that right now. We’re looking at different ways we can, as an organization and league, bring hockey back and monetarily figure out how we can do that, as well.” The provincial government’s report to
restart the economy included several guidelines, one of which is identifying high-contact sports that should not take place during the pandemic. Differing pandemicrelated regulations and guidelines are found in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Oregon and Washington state, further muddying waters for the WHL. In Oregon, Gov. Katie Brown announced last week the cancellation of all concerts, sporting events and large gatherings through the end of September. Moores said the WHL board of governors and the league’s general managers and business leaders meet regularly to discuss strategies. “It’s time for us to
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The Beautiful Game is a useful case study in exploring the complicated restart process. Return-to-play protocol seems likely to differ in most sports, but Atkinson said Own the Podium has been involved at the national level, creating checklists and guidelines. Atkinson said the Provincial Health Authority will take a leading role. Kamloops Minor Baseball Association president Chris Balison said the Ministry of Health, viaSport and Sport BC are among organizations that will have input in creating protocol for sports such as baseball, soccer, field hockey and softball. BC Soccer, likely to take its lead from the above-mentioned provincial and national organizations, will be key in sanctioning the return of WolfPack soccer, Atkinson said. “It’s a complicated issue,” he said, noting Canada West is creating an advisory committee to help with the transition. In its additional guidelines section, the province’s phased-in plan to restart the economy notes low-contact sports, especially those outdoors, are considered safer, while high-contact sports should not take place during the pandemic. It does not say if soccer is considered high-contact or low-contact. Canada West considers soccer a contact sport, a designation assigned in pre-COVID times that may need to be revisited, Atkinson said.
The changes to conference schedule formatting were financially driven. Budgets have been ravaged by the pandemic, with crucial fundraising events already cancelled and many more to be nixed or postponed. For the WolfPack, a June golf tournament and a September scholarship breakfast are the top two moneymakers. Both have been postponed, The Scholarship Golf Tournament in Memory of Mike Bartram, originally slated for June 12 at Rivershore Golf Links, will be held in September or October. The scholarship breakfast, traditionally held in September, will be rescheduled for next spring. Atkinson said local businesses may not be able to support those events like they usually do. Spring and summer youth sports camps were also cancelled, another major hit to WolfPack coffers. Horgan left room for those types of camps to resume in the coming weeks. “Parents have to be comfortable with that environment,” Atkinson said. “We have to ensure them their kids will be taken care of if we end up doing sportspecific camps.” Atkinson was asked if staff layoffs are being considered. “I haven’t gone there yet,” he said. “The biggest area of savings for us was league formats. That was significant. And we’ve done that. We’re going to have to run things tight this year. My hope is that will be enough for now.”
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BRIGHT & UPDATED THROUGHOUT • 3 bdrms and 2 Full Baths • C/air and all Appliances Incl. • Large Covered Deck
3 BEDROOMS, 1.5 BATH • Beautiful park-like backyard • Kitchen updated w/ appl’s • Covered parking for two
66-2400 OAKDALE WY
97-1655 ORD ROAD
#5-1173 PONLEN ST
$105,000
Kristy Janota
$159,900
$294,000
SAHALI
DELUXE 3 BEDROOM TWO STOREY UPGRADED 2 BDRM APARTMENT • Large custom bath suitable for handicap •Full daylight basement w/summer kitchen • Great for student or family • All appliances, Air conditioner • All appliances & C/Air included • Laminate & tile floors
309-760 MAYFAIR ST
$325,000
38-1775 MCKINLEY CRT
$399,900
DOWNTOWN
CORNER UNIT AT STATION PLAZA • 2 Large Bedrooms & 2 Baths • All Appliances included • 1 parking & storage locker
210-510 LORNE ST
$419,000
REDUCED
WESTSYDE
ABERDEEN
VALLEYVIEW
PINEVIEW
SUNRIVERS
SAHALI
BRIGHT OPEN PLAN TOWNHOUSE • 3 Bdrm, 3 Baths • All appliances & C/Air • Lovely view & backs on green space • D/ Garage • Private patio
• 3 Bedrooms/2 Baths/Sun Room • Updated throughout & private yard • All Appliances included
IN GROUND POOL & HOT TUB
• 5 Bedroom Family Home • Hardwood floors & Updated Kitchen • Close to shops & boat launch
3 BEDROOMS & DEN • Updated open plan main • Island kitchen w/All appliances • Fenced Yard & finished basement
• No Stairs- Open plan - Vaulted ceiling • Island Kitchen - All appliances & C/Air • D/Garage - Pets Allowed
DELUXE 3 BDRM RANCHER
• 5 Bedroom 2.5 Baths • Flat quarter acre lot • 50’x30’ Detached Shop • 2 Bedroom In-law suite
9-810 ANDERSON TER
1167 HOWE ROAD
2518 THOMPSON DR
1975 FIR PL.
593 STONERIDGE DR
191 SILVERTHRONE CRESCENT
$449,900
STUNNING VALLEY VIEW
$498,500
$524,900
$535,000
$545,000
$545,000
NEW LISTING
DUFFERIN
INVESTOR ALERT
ABERDEEN
SOUTH THOMPSON VALLEY
ABERDEEN
DALLAS
MEDITERRANEAN VILLA
• 3 Bedrooms up PLUS 1 Bedroom Suite • Double Garage & RV Parking •Low maintenance yard w/new deck • C/Air & All appliances included
• Quick possession possible • Finished basement easy to suite • All appliances & RV parking
IMMACULATE 5 BDRM FAMILY HOME • Cul de Sac w/private landscaped yard • Vaulted Ceilings & Open Floor Plan • C/Air & All Appliances included
CORNER LOT W/VIEW-FENCED YARD • Updated 4 Beds & 4 Baths home • Open Floor Plan w/Classy Island Kitchen • Double Garage & lots of level parking
• 5 Bdrm family home close to school • Open floor plan & daylight basement • Detached workshop & RV parking
• Level entry with elevator •4 Bdrms, 3 Baths & Media Room • Great view of Golf & Valley
1368 SUNSHINE COURT
2325 DRUMMOND CRT
781 BRAMBLE COURT
3556 KANANASKIS RD
5626 HARPER PLACE
3001 VISAO COURT
$549,900
$549,900
$598,900
$635,000
RANCHER IN QUIET CUL DE SAC
SUN RIVERS
IMMACULATE 5 BEDROOM
$649,900
$669,900
LOTS FOR SALE 3188 POWELL RD PINANTAN LAKE LOT $129,000 SOUTH KAMLOOPS
NEW BUILD BY GRACE CONSTR.
• Legal two Bedroom Suite • Fully finished up & down • All Appliances, C/Air & Landscaping included
1069 FORDEN PLACE
$825,000
VIDEO TOURS
SOUTH KAMLOOPS
NEW BUILD BY GRACE CONSTR.
• Legal two Bedroom Suite • Fully finished up & down • All Appliances, C/Air & Landscaping included
1061 FORDEN PLACE
$830,000
CHERRY CREEK
5.3 ACRES WITH LOTS OF WATER
• Great view of Kamloops Lake • Over 3000 Sq Ft Rancher w/Full Bsmt • Various outbuildings - Great for other livestock
5877 GARDI ROAD
$849,900
JUNIPER
STUNNING ARCHITECTURE THROUGHOUT
• Unobstructed valley & river views • Bareland strata w/park nearby • D/ Garage plus Detached Shop
12-3100 KICKING HORSE DR
$1,199,999
SUN RIVERS
CUL DE SAC WITH PANORAMIC RIVER & GOLF VIEW
• Spacious legal 2 or 3 bedroom suite • 6,170 SqFt - 6 Bdrms - 5 Baths • Triple garage - Close to golf
BROCKLEHURST LOT 1826 PARKCREST AVE $199,000
1755 IRONWOOD LN
$1,275,000
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marvin matt
Jessica MATT "OPEN FOR BUSINESS" COVID FRIENDLY WITH NEW, 250.374.3022 SAFE AND CREATIVE WAYS FOR BUYING & SELLING
DEVELOPERS - INVESTORS CONTRACTORS
$888,000
CALL MARVIN
• 122 acres in Eagle Bay area • Preliminary lot layout for 39 lots • 1 hectare each (2.47 acres) • Water at property line • Property adjoins existing sub-division • Zoned RR-1, 2.5 hectors zoned C-5, 2.5 hectares zoned P-1 • Some timber & some properties will have lake view • Priced to sell - Plus GST
COMING SOON DOWNTOWN EXECUTIVE HOME NEW LISTING
CALGARY AREA ESTATE ACREAGES, OVERHEAD GARAGE DOOR BUSINESS
SUCCESSFUL U-BREW KAMLOOPS
Trade for Kamloops or Shuswap, Okangan Lakefront Property
• Great business for sale with great clientele • Located in busy strip mall in Aberdeen • 2,414 sqft leased building space • Price includes Business, equipment & leasehold improvements • Inventory extra • Will train new owners
CALL MARVIN
$199,900
D!4 SOLLOT
CALL MARVIN
LD! SOLOT 5 LOT 6 6.05 acres
• Horse Country • Drilled wells, UG gas & hydro • Close to 3 golf courses • Close to Deerfoot Tr & McLeod Tr
• 4 bedrooms
• NEW 2980 sqft rancher.
• 4 pce bathroom
• 1490 sqft main floor, 3
TAKE TRADE UP TO $700,000 HOUSE, TOWNHOUSE, APARTMENT JUNIPER WEST
bedroom 2 bath
heat pump
to garage • Quartz kitchen counters, with
• Rec Room with slate
lowered accent ceiling
pool table
$580,000
• 18x30 detached garage • Lots of parking
BONUS room above • 8’9” x 11 sitting area extension of Master bedroom; tiled ensuite shower, walk-in closet • Engineered H/W, tile in bathrooms, carpet in bonus room & stairs • Fenced yard, lawn with irrigation • Award Winning Builder
• In business over 30 years • Owners retiring • Price includes equipment & vehicles • Inventory extra • Will train new owners
• Main floor laundry with access
• 2 gas fireplaces
• Walk to downtown stores, schools, playgrounds • Custom 1.5 storey 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms • Future 1 bedroom suite w/separate entrance plus basement area for main house • Double garage with lane access -
$275,000
$608,000 4.21 acres $568,000
• 3 pce ensuite
$589,900
LOT 7 4.21 acres
6.05 acres
• Hot water heater plus
$988,000
CALL MARVIN
DOWNSIZE - PRIVATE YARD - LOTS OF PARKING EVERYTHING ON MAIN FLOOR - RETIRE IN STYLE
IF YOU LIKE UNIQUE/OLDER HOMES, DON’T MISS THIS MOVE-IN READY HOME ON KAMLOOPS LAKE AT SAVONA! PRICED TO SELL
mmatt@shaw.ca
RealEstateKamloops.ca
56 STREET E
JessicaMattRealEstate.ca
250.319.8784
• Gas f/p in liv rm, sundeck off liv rm or master bedroom • Master; dbl sink and tile
$978,000 NEW PRICE
shower in ensuite, w/i closet
• Manicured yard with
• Separate entrance from
fruit trees
outside to unfinished bsmnt
• U/G sprinklers
• Private driveway, lots of
• Consider smaller trade
parking
in Cache Creek
• Fully fenced, GST applies
CALL JESSICA
• Custom built one owner, 2 storey w/ basement • Fully landscaped, fenced & irrigated • Assessed at $968,000 • Great yard for dogs • Fully finished, 4 BDRMS & 4 BATHS • 4 FIREPLACES Central Air, B.I. Vacuum • Large MSTR w/custom walk-in closet, 5 pc ensuite & fireplace • Extensive use of granite, Maple cabinetry • Main floor - H/W flooring, BDRMS/ BSMT - carpet, BATH - tile • Over $10,000 wood Venetian blinds • Gas BBQ hook-up, lg front & back deck • Lots of room for a pool • Extra parking • Garage fits 1 ton truck or boat • 3 car garage, one being 34ft deep • WILL LOOK AT TRADES, KAMLOOPS & SHUSWAP LAKE FRONT PROPERTY
19+
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400 Battle St, Kamloops, BC V2C 2L7 250-372-7725 • www.kamloopsy.org
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Call today for your FREE home market evaluation! 250.377.7722 www.cbkamloops.com www.sunrivers.com 601005 _ KAMLOOPS REALTY
3,100 Offices Worldwide In 49 Countries Rayleigh
NEW LISTING!
148 Cahility Cres $679,900 • River Front Home on Quiet Cul-De-Sac 3 • Immaculate Yard with Mature Trees 3 • Spacious Floor Plan Ideal for Entertaining • 2 sided Floor to Ceiling Gas Fireplace in Living 2592 Room South Kamloops
306-429 St. Paul Street
NEW Listing!
$290,000
• Located in the heart of Downtown Kamloops • 1 bdrm + den has in suite laundry and an open concept plan • Stainless Steel Appliances, under cabinet lighting and ample cupboard space • Enjoy City Views from balcony leading off the living room • Steps away from restaurants, shopping, parks, YMCA and transit
Call today to book a virtual tour!
LISA RUSSELL 250.377.1801
Sun Rivers
524 Stoneridge Drive • Perfect for entertaining • Lock N’ Go Living • Panoramic South Facing Views • Spectacular Mountain, River and City Views
$679,900 4 3 3138
878 Shuswap Road E $244,900 • Quiet Location with River and Mountain Views 2 • The home rests on 1 acre of Leased Land 2 • Tiled Entrance Leads to an Open Living, Dining & Kitchen 1247 • Large Deck with Beautiful Views to the River
HOMES: 1166 Canyon Ridge Drive . . Sun Rivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $699,900 196 Chancellor Drive . . . . . . Upper Sahali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SOLD $699,900 4019 Rio Vista Way . . . . . . . . . Sun Rivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $554,900 4017 Rio Vista Way . . . . . . . . . Sun Rivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $542,000 TOWNHOMES: 180 Belmonte Way . . . . . . . . . Sun Rivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SOLD $599,900
1960 Ash Wynd • Great location in Pineview! • Updated kitchen - S/S appliances • Perfect family home with 3 bedrooms up • Walkout basement could be suited • Beautiful views of Pineview Valley South Kamloops
1420 Pine Cres
ALBERT PEREIRA 250.571.6086
MIKE GRANT 250.574.6453
$549,900 4 4 2120
NEW LISTING
BECKI FOLEY 250.819.8938
Sun Rivers
Sun Rivers
Pineview
South Thompson Valley
MORE LISTINGS & INFO: www.cbkamloops.com
BOB GIESELMAN 250.851.6387
529 Pointe Place $1,264,900 • High Quality Custom Built Contemporary Home 4 • Panoramic Views of City & Entire River Valley 4 • Open floor plan with 13 foot ceilings • Dining Room opens onto covered, frameless 4933 glass deck across the entire back of the home.
516 Pointe Place
$774,900
• Overlooking the 18th Fairway of Bighorn Golf Course • Panoramic vistas of the South Thompson River Valley • Custom built rancher fully finished on both levels • 4 bedrooms and den, 3 bathrooms
Sun Rivers
4 3 3326
NEW Listing
$645,000
• Open concept with a large kitchen, SS appliances with a gas stove and quartz island. • Main bathroom has a walk-in shower, soaker tub and double sink vanity with a marble counter top. • Enjoy the Views and Hot Tub. • Option to create in-law suite
What Our Clients Say We couldn’t be happier that we chose Mike not only to sell our home but to help us find our new one . His energy, positivity and determination were just what we needed to help us though this process . He was always available and ready to answer any questions we had . Moving is always stressful but Mike helped to make it go smoothly and painless . We highly recommend Mike Grant to anyone who wants to sell their home with as little stress as possible . Thank you Mike for all your hard work, we appreciate it so much .
FEATURE OF THE WEEK 1400 Sun Rivers Drive • Stately and Spacious Beautiful Home • Quartz Island in Kitchen w/walk-in Pantry • Triple Garage – With Golf Cart Bay • Low Maintenance Landscaping
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A19-7155 DALLAS DRIVE $79,900 • MLS®154651
103-1295 12TH STREET $205,000 • MLS®145333
4424 WESTSYDE ROAD $229,000 • MLS®154424
113-245 GORDONHORN CRESCENT $239,900 • MLS®155469
COMMERCIAL
DALLAS • Great starter or downsizer with 3 bdrms & 1 bathroom • Updated kitchen, bathroom, windows • Pets + rentals allowed with park approval • Quick possession possible
WESTSYDE
BROCKLEHURST
44-1221 HUGH ALLAN DRIVE $269,900 • MLS®154935
SAHALI
• 0.56 acre building lot in nice Westsyde location
• Fully finished commercial strata unit move-in ready with very good quality finishings • For single use or divide into 2 different uses with moveable dividing wall • Approx. 1205 sq. ft. with 3 parking stalls
• Mountain and river views • Close to all amenities
72-650 HARRINGTON ROAD $399,900 • MLS®154984
1615 GRIFFIN TERRACE $499,900 • MLS®155942
• Great starter or downsizer in this immaculate 2 bed, 1 bath apartment • Bright end unit with lots of updating • No pets allowed, no rental restrictions
36-1760 COPPERHEAD DRIVE $499,900 • MLS®156333 G TIN LIS W NE
ABERDEEN • 2 bedroom 1 bathroom townhouse with no rental restrictions • Updated furnace and central air • Quick possession possible
WESTSYDE
8576 WESTSYDE ROAD $574,900 • MLS®156206
• Well maintained 3+1 bedroom 2 bathroom home in Bachelor Heights • Level entry rancher with full walk-out basement • Lots of updating including windows, patio, main bathroom, flooring, and more
904 INVERMERE COURT $559,900 • MLS®155885
8742 BADGER DRIVE $649,900 • MLS®156165
BROCKLEHURST
CAMPBELL CREE
WESTSYDE • Beautiful North Thompson riverfront property on approx. 2.64 flat acres • Immaculate condition with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms • Very peaceful and private setting
BACHELOR HEIGHTS
• Immaculate 2 bedroom 2 bathroom townhouse in West Pine Villas • Rancher style all on one level with over 1200 sq ft of living space • 1 dog/cat allowed with strata permission. No rentals allowed
• Immaculate rancher style home with 3+2 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and main floor laundry • Double garage with 220 plug and full basement • Close to all amenities and a pleasure to view!
332 MELROSE PLACE $649,900 • MLS®156126
• Great family home with 3+1 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms built in 2012 • Partially finished bright walk-out basement with flat fenced backyard • Rancher style with main floor laundry
2254 GREENOCK PLACE $799,900 • MLS®156349
PINEVIEW VALLEY • Very well maintained 3+1 bedroom 4 bathroom townhouse in Creekside • Own your own land with this detached bareland strata with a strata fee of only $120/month • Pets and rentals allowed with strata permission
2205 BARBARA AVENUE $599,900 • MLS®155746
BROCKLEHURST • Approximate 0.39 acre waterfront lot with 3+2 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms • In-ground pool and detached double garage • Quick possession possible
7495 RONLYN COURT $1,299,900 • MLS®154113
G TIN LIS W NE
DALLAS • Immaculate and updated 4+3 bedroom 3 bathroom family home • Updates include kitchen, furnace, central air, hot water tank, appliances, flooring, and more • Easy in-law suite potential and lots of parking including RV parking
ABERDEEN • Immaculate 2 storey home with 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms • Great family home in cul-de-sac location • Separate entry with suite potential
HEFFLEY
• Amazing 13.31 acre property with great views and only 20 minutes from downtown • Extensively renovated rancher style home with over 3800 square feet • Also includes updated 2700 sqft two-storey accessory building & detached double garage/workshop
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SUDOKU FUN BY THE NUMBERS
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Find the words hidden vertically, horizontally & diagonally throughout the puzzle
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PARDON MY PLANET by Vic Lee
ARCTIC CIRCLE by Alex Hallatt
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
BABY BLUES
by Chris Browne
ZITS by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman
by Rick Kirkman & Jerry Scott
SHOE by Gary Brookins & Susie Macnelly
GUESS WHO?
HERMAN
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KIT ’N’ CARLYLE
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FAMILY CIRCUS
by Bil & Jeff Keane
I am a comic actress born in Texas on April 26, 1933. I once lived in a boarding house for women pursuing careers in acting. I have earned a Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe for my work in various genres. ANSWERS
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WEEKLY HOROSCOPES
ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20
You’ll have a lot of energy and inspiration this week, Aries. Feel free to do anything you put your mind to, especially some recreational activities.
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, you may be feeling especially affectionate this week. With an open heart, you could be ready to delve into a new layer of your relationship or find a new romance.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 People may be wise to give you a wide berth for the time being, Gemini. Your dander is up, and it may be a good time to look for ways to reduce stress.
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22
It is very possible that you will meet someone new this week who has the potential to become a lifelong friend. Be observant of every new face and name in your circle.
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 A volatile situation could reach its breaking point soon enough, Leo. Arguments that have slowly been brewing will culminate. Fortunately, things will quiet down afterward.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, even though you are tempted to go in many different directions over the next few days, you’ll need to pick a course and stick with it if you are to get anything done.
MAY 13 - MAY 20, 2020 LIBRA
- Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, this week you may find yourself taking center stage at a family gathering or with a group of friends. Use this opportunity to make your voice heard.
SCORPIO
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SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan20 Your willpower may be weak lately, Capricorn, and you may be eating or doing things that you’ll regret later on. Ask a friend to guide you away from temptations.
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, someone may offer you a promotion or another more influential position. Do not let this go to your head, but enjoy the success that has come your way.
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2010 Dodge Charger SXT Sedan. 4dr., AWD, V-6, auto. 50,001 kms. Must see to appreciate. $12,000. 250-374-1541.
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2004 FLATDECK GVW#3500-1 AXLE Payload #2400lbs. 3/4 Plywood Deck 10’ L X 6’3” W, electric brakes. spare tire , docking winch, 2 storage boxes, removable walls, ATV ramp. Canopy lid not included. Pulls straight. Very good cond. $2,600. 250-851-0052
Legal/Public Notices WAREHOUSE LIEN ACT In the matter of the Warehouse Lien Act. Notice is hereby given to Walter Kratz and/or Walnuts Mining and Exploration Ltd., 1655 Ord Road Unit #60, Kamloops, BC. Please be advised that the contents of container number FAMU8201030 will be disposed of on or after June 1st to recover costs for storage in the amount of $3,088.86. Please call Sun Valley Containers. 250-3745555.
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It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Stephen Douglas Day on April 27, 2020, at home, with his family by his side.
First born son of John and Thelma December 13, 1936 in Kamloops, BC, is now rejoicing with his Lord and Saviour. E.T. went home May 3, 2020 while in Salmon Arm Hospital. He is survived by his loving wife Mary (Jack and Martha Woolford), his three cherished daughters Joanne (Matthew), Shelley and April (Brian). He is also survived by his amazing grandchildren Dillon, Adrian, Jacob, Kyah, Emma and Brianne. Ernie was blessed with four younger brothers but predeceased by both Sydney and Ed. Left to mourn (Ruby), Sandy brothers Harry his numerous and cousins.
him are Ed’s wife Norma, Jerry (Ping), as well as his Woolford (Kathleen), Randy (Tracey) and nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles
His favourite pastimes in recent years were creating beautiful wood carvings and cheering for his beloved Chase Heat. He took strength in the fellowship of his church family. A celebration of Ernie’s well lived adventurous life will take place at a later time. Please watch for the announcement. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Ernie’s name may be made to the Shuswap Lake Hospital Foundation, Box 265, Salmon Arm, BC, V1E 4N3, ShuswapHospital Foundation.org Share condolences and memories of Ernie through his obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com
Stephen was born July 27, 1959 in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan to Doug and Esther Day. He attended school in Centralia, Washington, moving to Kamloops in 1982. He began a long career in the trades as a gasfitter with the Fireplace Centre for 35 years, and more recently, as a HVAC technician with Rapid Cool. Stephen is survived by his wife of 29 years, Marion and children Brendan and Charlie, mother Esther and siblings James, George, Jeanette, Jon and their families. He was predeceased by his father Doug. Stephen had a great passion for sports, attending many Seahawks and Blue Jays games with his best buddies. Curling, fishing, camping and golf, is how he loved spending weekends with friends and family. Steve and Marion enjoyed travelling in the winter months to warmer climates. Steve was hard working, kind and loyal, and will be deeply missed by those who knew him well. The family would like to say a heartfelt thank you to Dr. Kruger, home care, and especially our wonderful and dear friends who were a constant support during this difficult time. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com
Wilfred Mallette passed away peacefully in hospice, on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in his 87th year. Born in Star City, Saskatchewan, Wilfred moved with his family to Ontario, eventually settling in St. Catharines. In 1984 Wilfred moved with his own family to BC. Many years were spent in the Fraser Valley, the last move being to Kamloops, BC in 2007. Wilfred is survived by his wife Angela, daughters Virginia (James) Bauder, Rebecca Mallette, and granddaughter Alexia Milley; sister Darlene Erdei, and nephews Stevie and John.
Wilfred will be sorely missed by all of us who loved and cared for him. The family would like to express their thanks and appreciation to the hospital and hospice staff for the loving care Wilfred received in his last days. Cremation to take place as Wilfred wished, with the spreading of ashes and a private family service at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to a charity of your choice. Condolences may be sent to the family at DrakeCremation.com
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Rosemary Jane Hibbard July 4, 1938 - May 2, 2020
It is with broken hearts that we announce that Rosemary Hibbard lost her six-month battle with breast cancer on May 2, 2020. Rosemary leaves behind her son Steve (Laurie) Hibbard, her daughter Laurie (Len) Marchand and her grandsons Wolf and Quinn Hibbard, and Miles (Carolyn), Noah and Keegan Marchand. She was predeceased by her husband of 48 years, Frank, in 2009. Rosemary was born in Chatham but grew up in Bancroft, Ontario where she met Frank, the love of her life, when they were twelve years old. Rosemary and her “Dovey” were married in 1961. Steve arrived ten months later and Laurie joined the fun two years after that. Rosemary and Frank raised their family in Ontario and Alberta. They led very social lives that were full of adventure. Rosemary, Frank and their children were involved in various sports, had a sailboat on Lake Ontario, travelled extensively and enjoyed spending time with family and friends. Rosemary and Frank lived in Calgary from 1982 until Frank died in 2009. During those years, they warmly welcomed Steve and Laurie’s spouses into their family and rejoiced as each grandson arrived. Rosemary and Frank had a wide circle of friends, became avid golfers and continued to travel the world. Above all, they loved spending time with their grandsons. They never missed one of their hockey games and especially cherished their frequent trips to Mexico together. Rosemary moved from Calgary to Kamloops in 2009. She truly embraced her new community. She continued to golf and returned to her former passion of curling. She was a fixture on the sidelines and in the stands, cheering on her grandsons in all of their athletic endeavours. She became everybody’s Nana. Rosemary was tiny but mighty. She was spirited, fun, funny, warm and loving. She had a unique way of making everyone she met feel special. She was always happy and brought joy everywhere she went. She left an indelible mark on us all. Despite the many challenges of her cancer diagnosis and treatment, Rosemary never lost her sparkle and zest for life. She remained fun-loving and a little bit mischievous right to the end. Rosemary died peacefully at home surrounded by family. Rosemary’s family thanks Drs. Dickinson, Anderson, Proctor, Koulis and Farren, the RIH Rae Fawcett Breast Health Clinic, the RIH Cancer Clinic, the Rotary Cancer Lodge in Kelowna, the Freemasons’ Cancer Car Program, the IHA Palliative Care Program, the Sa-Hali Safeway Pharmacy, the Kamloops Curling Centre Rockettes, Rosemary’s countless supportive friends, and Drake Cremation & Funeral Services. The family will hold a celebration of Rosemary’s life when her family and friends can gather safely.
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Rudolph (Rudy) Morelli Q.C. It is with profound sadness, but with much gratitude for a life well lived, that we announce the passing of our Dad, Rudy, on May 1, 2020. Rudy passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of his family. Although Rudy endured a few challenges over the last nine months while living with brain cancer, he never lost his sense of humour and faced every day with positivity and determination. Right up to his last day he was far more concerned about the well-being of others than of himself. A true gentleman, Rudy always found the best in those he met. A role model in many ways, he guided others through the values he lived by kindness, integrity, and generosity.
Remember By Christina Rossetti
Rudy leaves behind and will be sadly missed by his dearly loved daughters Susan (Blake) and Trish (Todd), and his grandsons Mitchell, Spencer and Trevor. He was predeceased by his loving wife of 52 years, Rae, his beloved son Douglas, and his parents Peter and Mary.
Remember me when I am gone away,
Born in Kamloops, Rudy was the only child of immigrant parents Peter and Mary Morelli. Rudy’s humble beginnings living above the Morelli Grocery store on Victoria Street formed the foundation for his strong, kind and giving character. As he prospered, he never forgot his humble beginnings or failed to share his prosperity.
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Gone far away into the silent land;
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Rudy graduated from Kamloops Senior Secondary School in 1951. During this time, he was an accomplished athlete, playing competitive baseball and junior lacrosse while continuing to play the saxophone and later, the violin in the school band.
Remember me when no more day by day
After graduating from UBC Law School in 1958, Rudy articled at Davis and Co. in Vancouver before returning to his hometown in 1959 with his wife Rae and new daughter Susan. Here, he joined the law firm of Millward, Robinson & Fetterly, which over time transitioned to Morelli Chertkow LLP, where Rudy enjoyed a successful and rewarding career. A respected member of the legal community for nearly 50 years, Rudy was bestowed with the well-deserved honour of Queens Counsel in April 2000.
You tell me of our future that you planned:
Rudy will be remembered for his many contributions to the legal profession, and for the countless ways he gave back to his community. He was past-secretary and a member of the Kamloops Rotary Club, past-president and a member of the Kamloops Gyro Club, and a respected member of the Colombo Lodge. Over the years, Rudy sat on various campaign boards including the United Way, the TRU 25th Anniversary Library campaign and the Telus Thompson Okanagan Community Board helping to build stronger communities within the Thompson Okanagan. Rudy was also a longtime director and one of the six founding partners of NL Broadcasting Ltd, a community-based radio station that, under new ownership will soon be celebrating its 50th year anniversary. Rudy valued the many relationships and friends made through his community involvement. Rudy’s pride for Kamloops ran deep. His beloved Blazers hockey team were set for a promising end to a great year and he had hoped to be here to see another run. Rudy spoke often of the Blazers Memorial Cup runs and wanted his grandsons to share that same experience.
Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterwards remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Rudy loved to travel and saw much of the world with Rae and later with his daughters Susan and Trish. He had an “unique” relationship with the game of golf and always vowed to make a come back. His love for music and the “golden oldies” is something he enjoyed sharing with all who would listen. Rudy’s greatest joy, however, came from times spent with friends and family at Shuswap Lake and in Maui.
Better by far you should forget and smile
Rudy touched the lives of many with his generous heart. His greatest pleasure came from helping people. He was devoted to his family, his friends and his community. He leaves behind a legacy of kindness, compassion and a zest for life that is an inspiration to all.
She Walks in Beauty
He will be forever remembered and dearly missed. The family wishes to express our heartfelt gratitude to Drs. Jennifer Takahashi, Meghan MacDonald, Hancke De Kock, and Ruth Farren who provided dedicated care and compassion to Dad and to our family through this journey. In lieu of flowers please consider a memorial donation in Rudy’s name to the Kamloops Royal Inland Hospital Foundation or to a charity of your choice. A celebration of Rudy’s life will take place when it is safe to do so. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.schoeningfuneralservice.com
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LORD BYRON
She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o’er her face; Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o’er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent!
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Jadwiga Petruczynik April 9, 1930 - May 1, 2020
Jadwiga Petruczynik (Momma P) passed away on an absolute beautiful day, Friday, May 1, 2020 at the age of 90. Jadwiga was born on April 9, 1930 in Dabrowka in her beloved Poland. As a child she lived through the wartime occupation of Poland. These incredibly hard times helped shape the rest of her life and made her forever thankful for the things she had. As Mom would often say, one of the happiest days of her life was October 13, 1959 when she immigrated to Canada with her young daughter Teri (Tereska) to join her husband Pawel (Paul) as he had finished building her dream home she always hoped for. She would forever talk of how luxurious the boat cruise was on the voyage across the Atlantic. They landed in Montreal and took the train to Kamloops for their new beginning. A year later her 2nd daughter Margaret (Maggie) was born and the two girls were raised with a blend of Canadian and strong Polish values and traditions. Jadwiga had the most fertile weed free garden in the neighbourhood. Nobody could grow garlic, tomatoes and cucumbers like her. The rest of her yard and house was always spotlessly scrubbed and well maintained. You could often see her, sweeping her lawn with a corn broom. In the latter years, her pride and joy were her two grandsons Sam (Malooshi) and Dylan (Dadoolik). She always displayed their pictures and told her friends how proud she was of them. She would always say, “Oh so smart and oh so handsome.” She gladly increased the perogie output to feed these two young men. Jadwiga was always determined to get the best value for her purchases. Even with her limited education and English language skills she always managed to convince the exhausted salesman to waive the GST. The family would like to thank her neighboUr Pastor Greg and his family for watching over her in her final years at the Linden Avenue house. Attending Sunday church service was the highlight of the week for her. Also thanks go out to the staff at Royal Inland Hospital, Ponderosa Lodge, and lastly Pine Grove Care Centre for all their efforts in her stay and final days. It really does take a village... Mom had always said, everyone was so nice to her and looked after her so well.
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Taya Carly Reinbold On April 27, 2020 heaven claimed another angel. The only way we can accept it is, God looked down upon earth and figured he needed an angel, not just any angel, one of the purest of heart, hers was the biggest and purest I know, so he took our princess. Taya was the champion of the underdog, and a defender of the innocent. She had such a love for all creatures. She didn’t have much money to give, but what she had would go to the SPCA. Taya had a presence about her that would light up any room, and an infectious laugh, you couldn’t help but smile when you heard it. She would always help a friend in any way she could, even a stranger. She would build you up if you were down, always making you feel better about yourself. Taya’s friendships were true ... if we all had a little bit of Taya inside us, I’m telling you this world would be a different place.
Love you my angel you will be so missed by so many. Taya was predeceased by her grandparents Ray and Charlotte Reinbold. She left many behind, her father Derek Reinbold (Kamloops), mother Shannon Milman and her husband Darren Escott (Kamloops), grandparents Lionel and Erin Milman (Kamloops), numerous aunts, uncles: Greg and Pat Reinbold (Kamloops), Eric and Bonnie Weber (Kelowna), Tony and Tina Zart (Logan Lake), Bret Reinbold (Kamloops), Shane and Brandi Milman (Kamloops), her loving cousins: Shaun, Kyle (Jen) and Ryan Reinbold, Jordan and Megan Zart, Tim Milman and finally her loving cat Arabella who should be at or near the top of this list ... In lieu of flowers, please donate in her memory to the Kamloops SPCA ... she would so love that! Condolences may be expressed at: www.schoeningfuneralservice.com
Jadwiga is survived by her daughters Teri (Clair) and Maggie (Rob) and grandchildren Sam (Flora) and Dylan. We will be celebrating Mom’s life in the fall. She has wanted a Sunday brunch with plenty of food and drink for everyone. Condolences may be sent to the family at DrakeCremation.com
As you share the stories and the memories of how they lived their lives and how very much they meant, may you find comfort...
Michael James Scallon
November 28, 1942 - April 29, 2020 With sadness the family of Michael Scallon wishes to announce his passing on April 29, 2020 in Penticton, BC. Mike was born in Quesnel, BC and lived his early years at Big Creek, Notch Hill and later Chase. He attended school at Carlin and Salmon Arm. He was predeceased by parents Jim and Helen Scallon. He will be missed by his siblings Kevin Scallon, Denis Scallon and Colleen Jones, as well as several nieces and nephews. Mike had a strong faith, a kind heart, and loved his family. He was interested in sports and current events. We wish to thank all his caregivers at Haven Hill Care Home in Penticton, where everyone made him feel at home in his final years. Cremation and ashes will be interned at the Chase Cemetery, Chase, BC at a later date.
H Journey’s Just Begun Don’t think of her as gone away, Her journey’s just begun. Life holds so many facets, This earth is only one. Just think of her as resting, From the sorrows and the tears, In a place of warmth and comfort, Where there are no days and years. Think how she must be wishing, That we could know today, How nothing but our sadness, Can really pass away. And think of her as living, In the hearts of those she touched, For nothing loved is ever lost; And she was loved so much. by E. Brenneman
May the Sunshine of Comfort Dispel the Clouds of Despair
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